Every now and then I sit back and ask myself: “So many rewrites for a short?” Then, I answer: “Why not? After all, short or feature, I have to create characters that look and feel as if they are truly human.” And this, by itself, is a demanding task.

Note: The term “random draft” was introduced by Viki King, in her book “How to Write a Movie in 21 Days,” where she stressed out the importance of the longhand writing, at the first creative stages. I often use the term “dionysian draft,” to borrow from Nietzsche’s “Birth of Tragedy.”